URIBE LEADS FROM KO AND SHIN AT AUSSIE WOMEN'S OPEN
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Canberra: Colombian Mariajo Uribe fired a 6-under par 67 to overtake 15-year-old Kiwi Lydia Ko, the World No 1 female amateur, and South Korean World No 7 female pro Jiyai Shin, last year's winner of the Ricoh Women's British Open at Hoylake, and lead the ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open by one stroke after the second round at Royal Canberra Golf Club.
Uribe, who is bogey-free through 36 holes, finished her second round at 15-under par 131, one clear of Ko and Shin who finished with rounds of 69 and 67 respectively.
“I went out just wanting to get in the competition more, after two months without playing, so it was a fun round," said Uribe.
"I made good putts, took advantage of the opportunities and the same thing I did today. So I feel pretty good,” Uribe said.
“It’s funny because the tournaments I play better are the ones that I’m rusty or that I’m not hitting the ball that well. I think I come in with low expectations and things kind of happen.”
Ko said she was comfortable with her round following her opening round heroics.
“I think 4 under is a pretty good score out there. I mean, it’s not an easy golf course. I’m pretty sure it is a pretty good score for me. I mean at some points, because my putting was so good yesterday when it didn’t go in I was a little disappointed but I think I putted well out there and played well,” Ko said
Western Australian Kristie Smith is four strokes behind Ko and Shin at 10-under par after her second round 68. Smith won the Royal Canberra Ladies Classic at the host venue in 2010, shooting a course record in the process.
Spaniard Beatriz Recari is in outright fifth at 9-under par while Queenslander Sarah-Jane Smith finished at 8-under par with England’s Holly Aitchison in a tie for sixth.
Rolex World Number 1 Taiwanese Yani Tseng is in a six-way tie for eighth place with American defending champion Jessica Korda, fellow American Gerina Piller, Australian Rebecca Artis, Italian Giulia Sergas and Japan’s Ayako Uehara.
World Number 12 Karrie Webb and England’s Laura Davies were among those to advance to the weekend on the cut line at 1-under par 145 but Michelle Wie missed out by two shots with scores of 74-73.
Ko said she was comfortable with her round following her opening round heroics.
“I think 4 under is a pretty good score out there. I mean, it’s not an easy golf course. I’m pretty sure it is a pretty good score for me. I mean at some points, because my putting was so good yesterday when it didn’t go in I was a little disappointed but I think I putted well out there and played well,” Ko said
Western Australian Kristie Smith is four strokes behind Ko and Shin at 10-under par after her second round 68. Smith won the Royal Canberra Ladies Classic at the host venue in 2010, shooting a course record in the process.
Spaniard Beatriz Recari is in outright fifth at 9-under par while Queenslander Sarah-Jane Smith finished at 8-under par with England’s Holly Aitchison in a tie for sixth.
Rolex World Number 1 Taiwanese Yani Tseng is in a six-way tie for eighth place with American defending champion Jessica Korda, fellow American Gerina Piller, Australian Rebecca Artis, Italian Giulia Sergas and Japan’s Ayako Uehara.
World Number 12 Karrie Webb and England’s Laura Davies were among those to advance to the weekend on the cut line at 1-under par 145 but Michelle Wie missed out by two shots with scores of 74-73.
SCOTSWATCH:
Only Catriona Matthew of the three Scots in the field survived the halfway cut and she did it with only a shot to spare on 144 (69-75). The North Berwick player was in the danger zone when she ran up a double bogey 6 at the 14th but she birdied the 16th to have a shot in hand of the cut mark over the last two holes.
Earlier Matthew had bogeyed the first and 12th but birdied the short eighth.
LET Rookie Pamela Pretswell from Hamilton missed out on 151 (72-79) and Carly Booth totalled 155 (73-82).
Pretswell had halves of 38-41 in a lacklustre second-round 79, which did not included a single birdie. The lowlights were double bogeys at the 10th and 12th.
Her downward trend actually started at the 16th in her first round when she marked up a double bogey. So the Curtis Cup star of last June at Nairn was eight over par for her last 21 holes of the tournament.
Carly Booth's nightmare 82 in the second round had halves of 43-39. Like Prestwell, the Comrie player had no birdies. Her low light was a doble bogey 7 at the long fourth.
Only Catriona Matthew of the three Scots in the field survived the halfway cut and she did it with only a shot to spare on 144 (69-75). The North Berwick player was in the danger zone when she ran up a double bogey 6 at the 14th but she birdied the 16th to have a shot in hand of the cut mark over the last two holes.
Earlier Matthew had bogeyed the first and 12th but birdied the short eighth.
LET Rookie Pamela Pretswell from Hamilton missed out on 151 (72-79) and Carly Booth totalled 155 (73-82).
Pretswell had halves of 38-41 in a lacklustre second-round 79, which did not included a single birdie. The lowlights were double bogeys at the 10th and 12th.
Her downward trend actually started at the 16th in her first round when she marked up a double bogey. So the Curtis Cup star of last June at Nairn was eight over par for her last 21 holes of the tournament.
Carly Booth's nightmare 82 in the second round had halves of 43-39. Like Prestwell, the Comrie player had no birdies. Her low light was a doble bogey 7 at the long fourth.
ALL THE SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 146 (2x73)
131 Mariajo Uribe (COL) 64 67
132 Jiyai Shin (sKOR) 65 67, Lydia Ko (NZL) (amateur) 63 69
136 Kristie Smith (AUS) 68 68
137 Beatriz Recari (ESP) 68 69
138 Holly Aitchison (ENG) 70 68, Sarah-Jane Smith (AUS) 68 70
139 Gerina Piller (USA) 72 67, Yani Tseng (TPE) 68 71, Ayako Uehara (JPN) 66 73, Rebecca Artis (AUS) 72 67, Jessica Korda (USA) 70 69, Giulia Sergas (ITA) 67 72
140 Jenny Shin (SKOR) 71 69, Moriya Jutanugarn (THA) 70 70, Christel Boeljon (NLD) 72 68, Rebecca Lee-bentham (CAN) 66 74
141 Carlota Ciganda (ESP) 71 70, Brooke Pancake (USA) 73 68, Min Jee Lee (AUS) 70 71, Kathlyn Ekey (USA) 71 70, Julieta Granada (PAR) 71 70, Vicky Hurst (USA) 69 72, Brittany Lincicome (USA) 71 70, Nikki Campbell (AUS) 71 70, Katherine Hull-kirk (AUS) 68 73, Stacy Prammanasudh (USA) 70 71
142 Marianne Skarpnord (NOR) 72 70, Eun Hee Ji (SKOR) 70 72, Anna Nordqvist (SWE) 72 70, Lizette Salas (USA) 69 73, Cindy Lacrosse (USA) 71 71, Belen Mozo (ESP) 71 71, Danielle Kang (USA) 71 71, Il Hee Lee (SKOR) 73 69, Florentyna Parker (ENG) 71 71, Jing Yan (CHN) 72 70, Dewi Claire Schreefel (NLD) 70 72, Veronica Felibert (VEN) 71 71
143 Lexi Thompson (USA) 72 71, Whitney Hillier (AUS) 74 69, Stacy Lewis (USA) 69 74, Jennifer Rosales (PHL) 74 69, Karine Icher (FRA) 72 71, Ashlee Dewhurst (AUS) 73 70, Mi Hyang Lee (SKOR) 66 77, Austin Ernst (USA) 69 74, Chella Choi (SKOR) 74 69, Caroline Hedwall (SWE) 72 71, Thidapa Suwannapura (THA) 71 72, Angela Stanford (USA) 68 75
144 So Yeon Ryu (SKOR) 72 72, Christina Kim (USA) 72 72, Alison Walshe (USA) 71 73, Maria Hjorth (SWE) 73 71, Nicole Smith (USA) 72 72, Catriona Matthew (SCO) 69 75, Pornanong Phatlum (THA) 71 73, Cheyenne Woods (USA) 71 73, Sarah Kemp (AUS) 72 72, Beth Allen (USA) 70 74, Becky Brewerton (WAL) 69 75, Amy Hung (TPE) 72 72, Hannah Burke (ENG) 72 72, Bree Arthur (AUS) 73 71, Jane Park (USA) 70 74, Mi Jung Hur (SKOR) 71 73, Becky Morgan (WAL) 72 72, Courtney Massey (AUS) 70 74
145 Karrie Webb (AUS) 71 74, Lee-Anne Pace (SAF) 74 71, Su-Hyun Oh (AUS) 75 70, Jennifer Song (USA) 71 74, Stacey Keating (AUS) 74 71, Jessica Speechley (AUS) 72 73, Line Vedel (DNK) 73 72, Charlotte Ellis (ENG) 75 70, Kris Tamulis (USA) 73 72, Stephanie Sherlock (CAN) 74 71, Laura Davies (ENG) 71 74, Paolo Moreno (COL) 74 71, Gwladys Nocera (FRA) 74 71
Missed the cut:
146 Mianne Bagger (DNK) 74 72, Lydia Hall (WAL) 76 70, Lorie Kane (CAN) 74 72, Jade Schaeffer (FRA) 75 71, Katie Futcher (USA) 74 72, Laura Diaz (USA) 71 75, Haeji Kang (SKOR) 76 70, Lisa McCloskey (COL) 72 74, Jennifer Johnson (USA) 73 73, Dori Carter (USA) 70 76, Felicity Johnson (ENG) 75 71
147 Karin Sjodin (SWE) 72 75, Tania Elosegui (ESP) 73 74, Lauren Doughtie (USA) 72 75, Jane Rah (USA) 72 75, Azahara Munoz (ESP) 72 75, Sydnee Michaels (USA) 74 73, Jee Young Lee (SKOR) 75 72, Nicole Jeray (USA) 72 75, Michelle Wie (USA) 74 73, Pernilla Lindberg (SWE) 69 78, Maria Hernandez (ESP) 72 75, Rachel Bailey (AUS) 71 76, Frances Bondad (AUS) 76 71, Tamie Durdin (AUS) 73 74, Joanna Klatten (FRA) 75 72, Mindy Kim (SKOR) 77 70
148 Wendy Ward (USA) 75 73, Ryann O Toole (USA) 77 71, Tamara Johns (AUS) 76 72, Paige Mackenzie (USA) 74 74, Jin Young Pak (SKOR) 73 75, Jennifer Gleason (USA) 75 73, Katelyn Must (AUS) 69 79, Mina Harigae (USA) 73 75, Moira Dunn (USA) 74 74, Jennie Lee (USA) 74 74
149 Sophie Giquel-Bettan (FRA) 76 73, Sarah Oh (AUS) 77 72, Stephanie Na (AUS) 76 73, Julia Boland (AUS) 77 72, Brittany Lang (USA) 73 76, Cassandra Kirkland (FRA) 75 74, Daniela Iacobelli (USA) 75 74, Kim Welch (USA) 76 73, Taylore Karle (USA) 72 77
150 Sara Maude Juneau (CAN) 74 76, Nontaya Srisawang (THA) 77 73, Mo Martin (USA) 72 78, Danielle Montgomery (ENG) 75 75, Caroline Masson (DEU) 72 78, Nikki Garrett (AUS) 71 79, Meaghan Francella (USA) 70 80
151 Jody Fleming (AUS) 77 74, Vicky Thomas (AUS) 76 75, Victoria Elizabeth (USA) 75 76, Pamela Pretswell (SCO) 72 79, Cathryn Bristow (NZL) 75 76, Karen Stupples (ENG) 73 78
152 Dawn Shockley (USA) 74 78, Heather Bowie Young (USA) 78 74, Jacqui Concolino (USA) 75 77, Kayla Mortellaro (USA) 74 78, Karen Lunn (AUS) 76 76
153 Emma De Groot (AUS) 80 73
154 Esther Choe (USA) 77 77, Numa Gulyanamitta (THA) 76 78
155 Anne-Lise Caudal (FRA) 81 74, Sarah King (AUS) 77 78, Carly Booth (SCO) 73 82
156 Sophie Gustafson (SWE) 76 80, Lynnette Brooky (NZL) 76 80
157 Amanda Blumenherst (USA) 81 76
162 Karlin Beck (USA) 85 77
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